On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:59:33 +0000,
this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:18:16 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>>
>> >A few days on the state TV news, I saw that some companies are
>> >proposing to dock smokers 10 minutes for each cigarette break.
>> >Supposedly this is because nonsmoking employees have been complaining
>> >that they are working more than their smoking colleagues and should be
>> >paid more. The unions objected to the proposal.
>>
>> It would be impossible to govern, but that wont stop a law getting
>> passed!
>>
>> >I don't know how much substance there is to the report, but I do sense
>> >a certain hostility to smokers in Italy these days. I've also seen
>> >reports that a substantial percentage of smokers have quit.
>>
>> Societal pressure works remarkably well here.
>>
>> One thing that stills gets me is the smoker lingering in the doorway.
>> Plenty of that still going on.
>
>Some US states have laws which ban smoking within a certain distance of
>an entrance. It seems to work there IME. A lot of it is design related I
>suppose, but I find it a real problem at the entrance to UK shopping
>centres.
It can't be too hard or expensive to make a smoke detector that just
creates an irritating sound when a smoker stands near a doorway. Just
enough to make them move away a little.
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